Bottle-cap



A. L. BERNARDIN.

BOTTLE CAP. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17.1911.

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A TTOR/VEYS ALFRED L. BEBNARDINgOF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

BOTTLE-GAP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct, 12, 1920.

Application-filed November 17, 1917. Serial No. 202,558.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED L. BERNARDIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Evansville, in the county of Van derberg and State of Indiana, have invented.

a new and useful Improvement in Bottle- Caps, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to bottle caps and more particularly to bottle caps of that type applicable to catsup bottles and the like and whose purpose is to enable the user to readily associate the same with and disassociate the same from a bottle in use during the ordinary consumption of the contents thereof. 7

To this end my present invention proposes the utilization of a cap the construction of which obviates use of the usual threads on the bottle and the cap and consequent turning movement of the cap in applying and removing the same and which for this purpose has means engageable with cooperating means formed upon the bottle neck whereby the cap may be connected with 1 and disconnected from the bottle by wholly rectilinear movements thereof.

More especially my lnvention proposes a cap having indentations for engagement with a bottle neck rib and of such character as to not only hold the cap normally upon the bottle but to provide for its placement and removal for substantially an indefinite number of times and with maximum eflectiveness throughout its use.

My invention resides in a cap having one or more indentations whose transverse axis or axis of shortest length is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cap and is of such length that the base of the indentation is fiat for an appreciable distance so as to lend greater strength without impairing resiliency and in this way enable the cap to be placed upon and removed from a bottle neck for an indefinite number of times without diminishing its effectiveness.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention Figure 1 is a vertical section through a cap embodying my present improvement illustrating the same as in use upon a bottle neck,

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a partial vertical section illustrating the cap partly associated with the bottle, I

Fig. 4 is a similar .view illustrating the cap fully engaged, I v Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 5-'5 of Fig. 1,

vention as applied to a cap of slightly dif-' ferent construction from that shown. in

Fig. 5.

eferring now to Figs. 1 to 5 in. particular my invention proposes the utilization of indentations 10 in the skirt portion 11 of a bottle cap 12, the latter of which may be of various constructions as to its particular make-up, for instance what is Fig. 6 is an elevation illustrating the inknown as a pieced construction as seen particularly in Figs. 1 and 2, or a seamless drawn construction 13 as seen inv Fig. 6,

wherein the indentations'are shown at 14.

The cap in connection with which the invention is utilized may have a reinforcing bead 15 around its open end or may terminate in a raw edge as seen at'16 in Fig. 6.

Irrespective of the construction of the cap other than the indentations 10, it is proposed to utilize the same in connection with a bottle whose neck 17 is provided with a rib 18 adjacent its mouth, the rib extending entirely around the 'bottle neck in an unbroken manner and being preferably rounded as shown in order to provide for more ready connection and disconnection of the cap.

The cap is also preferably used in connection w1th a bottle neck having the usual lip around its mouth'for the reception of a suitable seal as for instance the well-lmown crown seal 19 as illustrated in Fig. 1 which is'associated with the bottle vto seal the same when the latter receives its contents and is filled in the first instance, the cap 12 being placed over the crown s eal so that upon removal of the latter by the conwords a base which for some distance is parallel the plane of the wall of the cap.

' an indefinite number of times without di- This structure is such that maximum elasticity is brought about and the cap may be placed upon and removed from the bottle minishing its effectiveness and being possessed of considerably greater strength than it would otherwise "have, the clasp of the cap in connection with the bottle in operative position is such as to obviate its accidental.

displacement and at the same time permit of its removal by a quick jerk.

The indented form of cap as proposed in this application and as distinguished from a cap and bottle having interacting threads,

obviously embodies considerable advantage 1 by virtue of the speed and ease with which the cap ,may be removed and replaced and is further of great advantage by virtue of its adaptability to various types of caps in respect to their particular formation or make-up irrespective of the indentations and to which threads are either inadaptable or difficult of adaptation. V

I claim A 1. A bottle cap of the type described having an indented portion at its open end,

the transverse axis of which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cap and the tortion of the base ofwhich is flattened over a considerable area and is adapted to tangentially engage the neckof a bottle in a plane substantially parallel to its axis whereby frictional engagement is secured without material disremoved. 7 w v 2. A bottle cap of the type described having an indented portion adjacent its free edge for engagement with a bottle neck rib, said indented portion having a base of substantial area approximately parallel to the cap flange when the cap is tions is provided with a flattened base that is adapted to tangentially engage the neck of I a bottle in a plane substantially parallel to its axis whereby frictional engagement is secured without material distortion of the cap flange when the ca is removed.

- ALFRED BERNARDIN. 

